To Journal of Horticulture [before 25 November 1862]1
Will any of your correspondents who have attended to the history of the Strawberry, kindly inform me whether any of the kinds now, or formerly, cultivated have been raised from a cross between any of the Woods or Alpines with the Scarlets, Pines, and Chilis?2 Also, whether any one has succeeded in getting any good from a cross between the Hautbois and any other kind? I am aware that Mr. Williams, of Pitmaston, succeeded in getting some sterile hybrids from the Hautbois and Woods;3 but whether these were ever at all largely propagated, I cannot find out. I am, also, aware that Mr. Knight and Mr. Williams raised many seedlings by crossing Scarlets, Pines, and Chilis;4 but what I want to know is, whether any one has crossed these three latter kinds with the Wood or Alpine. I should feel greatly indebted to any one who would take the trouble to inform me on this head.—5
C. Darwin, Down, Bromley, Kent.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Knight, Thomas Andrew. 1820. Upon the variations of the scarlet strawberry (Fragaria Virginiana) when propagated by seeds. [Read 4 August 1818.] Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London 3 (1820): 207–10.
Knight, Thomas Andrew. 1824. An account of some mule plants. [Read 6 May 1823.] Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London 5 (1824): 292–6.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Asks correspondents whether any kinds of strawberries now cultivated have been raised from a cross between the wood or alpine strawberry and the scarlet, pine, or Chili strawberry.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3826
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Journal of Horticulture
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener, and Country Gentleman, n.s. 3 (1862): 672
- Physical description
- Printed & ADraftS 2pp
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Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3826,” accessed on 28 September 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3826.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 10